I just installed ssh-2.0.13 and ssh-1.2.27 (default parameters) on two of our SGI (IRIX 6.5) machines, and am testing out the new features. I can't seem to get scp to work (nor rdist with ssh, but I will ask about that one later). Below are two examples of scp attempts between two test machines (wonton and atpase). You will note that the first instance was unsuccessful, whereas the second one was successful.... why? (yes, the password was correct, and I tried it several times.) Also note that both of these attempts were followed by a long list of what appear to be carriage-returns. Then I need to hit the 'return' key one more time before things look normal. This could be problematic in scripts... --Thanks! Garry FIRST SCP PROBLEM EXAMPLE (as user: garry): wonton.14:~> scp -vp /usr/wonton/garry/test [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/atpase/garry/test warning:Development-time debugging not compiled in. warning: To enable,configure with --enable-debug and recompile. Development-time debugging not compiled in. To enable, configure with --enable-debug and recompile. debug: connecting to atpase.umaryland.edu... debug: entering event loop debug: ssh_client_wrap: creating transport protocol debug: ssh_client_wrap: creating userauth protocol debug: Remote version: SSH-1.99-2.0.13 (non-commercial) debug: Host key found from the database. debug: Unable to open /usr/wonton/garry/.ssh2/identification [EMAIL PROTECTED]'s password: debug: Ssh2/ssh2.c:304/client_authenticated:client_authenticated debug: SshTtyFlags/sshttyflags.c:275/ssh_encode_tty_flags: Not a tty. (fd = 0) debug: Requesting X11 forwarding with authentication spoofing. debug: Failed to get local xauth data. ssh_packet_wrapper_input: invalid packet received: len 1299783794 wonton.15:~> wonton.15:~> wonton.15:~> wonton.15:~> wonton.15:~> <..snip.. many lines of this...> wonton.15:~>wonton.15:~> wonton.15:~> wonton.15:~> wonton.15:~> wonton.15:~> debug: session_close debug: destroying client struct... debug: uninitializing event loop SECOND SCP EXAMPLE (as user: root): wonton.110:~> scp -vp /tmp/test [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp/test1 warning: Development-time debugging not compiled in. warning: To enable, configure with --enable-debug and recompile. Development-time debugging not compiled in. To enable, configure with --enable-debug and recompile. debug: connecting to atpase.umaryland.edu... debug: entering event loop debug: ssh_client_wrap: creating transport protocol debug: ssh_client_wrap: creating userauth protocol debug: Remote version: SSH-1.99-2.0.13 (non-commercial) debug: Host key found from the database. debug: Unable to open //.ssh2/identification [EMAIL PROTECTED]'s password: debug: Ssh2/ssh2.c:304/client_authenticated: client_authenticated debug: SshTtyFlags/sshttyflags.c:275/ssh_encode_tty_flags: Not a tty. (fd = 0) debug: Requesting X11 forwarding with authentication spoofing. debug: Failed to get local xauth data. Transfering /tmp/test -> atpase.umaryland.edu:/tmp/test1 (2k) |.............................................................................| 1982 bytes transferred in 0.24 seconds [7.74 kB/sec]. debug: ssh_pipe_stream_destroy wonton.111:~> wonton.111:~> wonton.111:~> wonton.111:~> wonton.111:~> wonton.111:~> wonton.111:~> wonton.111:~> wonton.111:~> wonton.111:~> wonton.111:~> wonton.111:~> wonton.111:~> wonton.111:~> wonton.111:~> wonton.111:~> wonton.111:~> wonton.111:~> wonton.111:~> wonton.111:~> wonton.111:~> wonton.111:~> wonton.111:~> wonton.111:~> wonton.111:~> wonton.111:~> wonton.111:~> wonton.111:~> wonton.111:~> wonton.111:~> debug: session_close debug: destroying client struct... wonton.111:~> debug: uninitializing event loop